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No. 897,419. PATENTBD SEPT. 1, 190a.

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MALLEABLE HANDLE.

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MALLEABLE HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. March 25, 1908. Serial No. 423,236.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK D. SKAHEN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Syracuse, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Malleable Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of handles which are used for caskets and other receptacles, and especially to that form of handle in which the hand-grasp is attached to the casket by means of two independent attaching plates, and my invention consists in the particular construction of the parts each from a single sheet of'malleable metal, as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved handle; Fig. 2 a section of one of the attaching plates on the line 2,. Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a section of the hand-grasp on the said line; Fig. 4 a reverse perspective view of one of the attaching plates; Fig. 5 a perspective view of the hand-grasp at one end looking from the back; Fig. 6 a lan of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 a plan showing one end of the blank from which the hand-grasp is made.

The handle consists of a hand-grasp A, and

two attaching plates B, B, each formed of a single piece of malleable metal.

The blank from which the handle A is formed, as illustrated in Fig. 7, consists of a end a cross-s aped tongue f, and a projecting flap at each end, and this strip is bent upon para lel lines a: so as to form a bottom piece a, front piece 0, top piece d and two flanges b, b, which when brought together, as shown in Fig. 3, constitute the back of the straight hollow cross-bar 1 of thehand-grasp, which is substantially rectangular in cross section. The tongues f are bent upward from the top piece d and are bent inward to form side flanges 2, 2, and the arms g, g, of the tongue are each bent upon itself to form a cylindrical hollow trunnion 3, while the end flap h of the tongue isbent down and back, as shown in Fig. 5, to form the closed rounded end 4 of the bracket, and each end flap p is folded down against the end of the tube, as shown in Fig. 6, to close thecross'piece at the ends. By this construction I form from a single blank a hand-grasp with a straight hollow cross-piece closed at all sides and atthe ends except the points at the back where the tongues are situated, and each tongue has side flanges and is closed at the outer end whereby an extremel strong rigid structure is secured from a singlb strip of metal without joints or rivets or other fastenings, and the parts are rigid and stiff so as to effectually resist the strains to which they are subjected.

Each attaching plate B is formed from a rectangular blank which is stamped or bent to form edge flanges 6, and which is cut away in the center to form a central o oning u, the metal at the sides of the said opening being bent inward at right angles to the general plane of the plate, forming inturned lips 7, 7, the up er edges of which are curved, and the plate on each side of the opening adjacent to the said curved edges is pressed outward, forming sockets y, y, the said sockets and the curved edges of the lips constituting bearings for the trunnions o the brackets of the hand-grasp. The face of the plate is projected above the aforesaid sockets to form a bearing edge 1/),

which is so far forward of the axis of the trunnions that it will afford a substantial.

bearing for the arm or bracket when the hand-grasp is raised towards a horizontal position, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 2, and will serve effectually to resist the strain upon the hand-grasp when the latter is raised to elevate the casket or other receptacle to which the handle is attached.-

The holes or dies by which the parts are stam ed may be so formed as to impart any suita le ornamental form or configuration to the parts.

I prefer to construct the various parts of my improved handle of sheet steel, but it will be evident that any other malleable sheet metal may be used.

Without limiting myself to the construction and arrangement shown, I claim:

1. The combination in a handle for caskets, etc., of a hand-grasp and two independent attaching plates, the hand-grasp consisting of a continuous plate bent to form a straight hollow cross piece, and, adjacent to each end, a bracket at right angles to said cross piece and provided with side flanges and tubular trunnions adapted to sockets of the attaching plates,

2. The combination in a handle of two inde endent socketed attaching plates, and a hen le having a straight hollow cross bar and two flanged brackets each at right anwith edge flanges and a central gles to the cross bar and provided with tu-- bular side trunnions, sald handle of one piece of malleable metal.

3. The within described hand-grasp con sisting of a single sheet of metal with a tongue extending from one edge near each end, the other ortion bent on itself-to form a hollow cross bar intermediate and beyond the tongues and with the edges meeting at one side, and with a flap extending from one side and bent over to close the end, and each tongue bent to form side flanges, a curved end, and two cylindrical hollow side trunmons.

4. A hand-grasp having a straight hollow crosspiece and two flanged brackets each with cylindrical side trunnions, combined with two attaching plates, each in-one piece, opening and inwardly turned lips and side sockets sem s adjacent to the lips, the lips and sockets adapted to receive the aforesaid trunnionsQ 5. The-combination in a handle of a handgrasp, having a straight hollow cross piece andftwo flanged brackets each with cylinplates, each in one piece with edge fla es, a central opening and inwardly turned and side sockets adjacent to the lips,

PATRICK D. SKAHEN.

Witnesses:

FRANK E. WADE, LUOIUs E. Rims.

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